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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Battle Mountain, NV · August 21, 1996

Date: August 21, 1996 · 18:00 local
Place: Battle Mountain, NV
Airport: Lander County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7648Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,800 total65 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

N7648YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-726 · Built 1965 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: returned to bam after local flight. Selected gear down to slow aircraft to flap speed. Flaps operated normal. Gear appeared to operate normal. Landed aircraft. Pilot felt wheels touch runway, then aircraft settled to ground. Minor damage to belly of aircraft. Damage to engine and propellers. No injuries. No post crash fire. Landing gear system being inspected for malfunction. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: RETURNED TO BAM AFTER LOCAL FLIGHT. SELECTED GEAR DOWN TO SLOW AIRCRAFT TO FLAP SPEED. FLAPS OPERATED NORMAL. GEAR APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMAL. LANDED AIRCRAFT. PILOT FELT WHEELS TOUCH RUNWAY, THEN AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY OF AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO ENGINE AND PROPELLERS. NO INJURIES. NO POST CRASH FIRE. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM BEING INSPECTED FOR MALFUNCTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N7648Y · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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